Four Rhymes of Ancient Chinese Literature is a book written by Xia Song in Song Dynasty, which is based on the works of Wang, a doctor of punishments. The five-volume book is a calligraphy book about the textual research and interpretation of ancient Chinese characters. Author Xia is from De 'an, Jiangzhou. Jingdezhen served as my ambassador to Wuning for three years and died in Wenzhuang, also known as Xia Wenzhuang and Xia Yinggong.

The Song Dynasty was an era of high prosperity in commodity economy, culture, education and scientific innovation in the history of China. According to estimates, the total GDP of China in 1000 was $26.55 billion, accounting for 22.7% of the world economy, and the per capita GDP was $450, exceeding the Western Europe's $400 at that time. Although later generations thought that the Song Dynasty was "poor and weak", the people's wealth and social and economic prosperity in the Song Dynasty far exceeded that in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.